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package org.dengues.core.process;

import java.util.List;

import org.dengues.core.metadata.MetadataTable;

/**
 * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com class global comment. Detailled comment <br/>
 * 
 * $Id: Dengues.epf Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com 2008-5-19 qiang.zhang $
 * 
 */
public interface IGefNode {

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "isSubProcessStart".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public boolean isSubProcessStart();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "isStart".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public boolean isStart();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "addOutgoingConnections".
     * 
     * @param compConnection
     */
    void addOutgoingConnections(ICompConnection compConnection);

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "addIncomingConnections".
     * 
     * @param compConnection
     */
    void addIncomingConnections(ICompConnection compConnection);

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getMetadataList".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    List<MetadataTable> getMetadataList();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "removeOutgoingConnections".
     * 
     * @param compConnection
     */
    void removeOutgoingConnections(ICompConnection compConnection);

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "removeIncomingConnections".
     * 
     * @param compConnection
     */
    void removeIncomingConnections(ICompConnection compConnection);

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getUniqueName".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    String getUniqueName();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getCompProcess".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    ICompProcess getCompProcess();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getOutgoingConnections".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    List<? extends ICompConnection> getOutgoingConnections();

    /**
     * Qiang.Zhang.Adolf@gmail.com Comment method "getIncomingConnections".
     * 
     * @return
     */
    List<? extends ICompConnection> getIncomingConnections();

}
